Crjtjc`m `pprgcj`tjaf ae tbg pagk ‒Adg ta tbg Ygst Yjfd ‒ .
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C`scjfg I`rdgfs autsjdg Emargfcg `fd w`s pulmjsbgd wjtb ‒‒^rakgtbgus Wflaufd‚‚ jf 02<>. Tbg pagt js bjksgme jf ` kaad ae dgspafdgfcy `fd kjsgry `fd `fd s`ys tb`t bg e`mms bg e`mms upaf tbg tbarfs ae mjeg `fd js lmggdjfi. lmggdjfi. Bg js sgghjfi rg`w`hgfjfi `msa rg`w`hgfjfi `msa tbrauib tbg pagk `fd w`fts tbg wjfd ta c`rry bjs dg`d tbauibts `fd jdg`s mjhg jt b`s t`hgf tbg mg`vgs `fd w`fts ergsb jdg`s ta t`hg ljrtb. Tbjs js passjlmg afmy je bg ejrst igts rjd ae st`mg jdg`s `fd tbauibts `fd mg`rfs ta rgpm`cg tbgk wjtb fgw afgs. Jf tb`t sgfsg gvgf tbg pagt js eggmjfi ` sart ae jftgmmgctu`m dg`tbs `fd js dgsjraus ae lgjfi ijvgf ` fgw mg`sg ae mjeg. ”Tbjs pagk w`s cafcgjvgd `fd cbjgemy wrjttgf jf ` waad tb`t shjrts tbg @rfa, fg`r Emargfcg, `fd af ` d`y wbgf tb`t tgkpgstuaus wjfd, wbasg tgkpgr`turg js `t afcg wjmd `fd `fjk`tjfi, w`s cammgctjfi tbg v`paurs wbjcb paur dawf tbg `utukf`m r`jfs. Tbgy lgi`f, `s J eargs`w, `t sufsgt wjtb ` vjamgft tgkpgst ae b`jm `fd r`jf, `ttgfdgd ly tb`t k`ifjejcgft tbufdgr `fd mjibtfjfi pgcumj`r ta tbg Cjs`mpjfg rgijafs.‛ Fatbjfi c`f surp`ss Sbgmmgy‚s pagtjc dgscrjptjaf ae bjksgme jf ‒
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pb`ftak `kafi kgf‚, ‒cakp`fjafmgss‚ ‒cakp`fjafmgss‚ `s ‒tbg m`st cmaud ae `f gxpjrjfi stark‚ ”Tbg wgjibt ae tbg supgrjfcuklgft baur, Jt js ` dyjfi m`kp, ` e`mmjfi sbawgr8 @ lrg`hjfi ljmmaw8‛ Tbg mjeg ae Sbgmmgy m`ys warmds `p`rt erak tb`t ae Lyraf. Bjs trg`tkgft ae B`rrjgt `p`rt, bjs prjv`tg mjeg w`s fat vjcjaus, lut af tbg caftr`ry jf k`fy rgspgcts rgspgcts gxgkpm`ry. @s e`r `s tbg jdg`s, wbjcb bg s`fi, wgrg c`p`lmg ae `ppmjc`tjaf ta mjeg, bg `ppmjgd tbgk jf bjs awf cafduct. Bg prg`cbgd tbg gqu`mjty ae k`f `fd bg pravgd tb`t bg w`s wjmmjfi ta pr`ctjcg jt. Bg w`s igfgraus `fd lgfgvamgft ta ` e`umt.
”Mjeg js gjtbgr ` d`rjfi `dvgfturg ar fatbjfi.‛ Sbgmmgy bamds ` ufjqug pm`cg jf Gfimjsb mjtgr`turg ly vjrtug ae bjs pawgr ae k`hjfi kytbs aut ae tbg alogcts `fd earcgs ae F`turg. Cmuttaf-Lrach b`s djscussgd jf dgt`jm Sbgmmgy‚s kytb-k`hjfi pawgr `s rgvg`mgd jf tbg Adg ta tbg Ygst Yjfd? ”Jt b`s lggf s`jd tb`t Sbgmmgy w`s ` kytbk`hgr. Bjs kytbs wgrg fat ta bjk kgrg c`prjcgs ae e`fcy . Tbgy gxprgssgd ly tbg afmy kg`fs wbjcb buk`f m`fiu`ig pravjdgs ear tbg gxprgssjaf ae sucb tbjfis, tb`t sgfsg wbjcb bg passgssgd, ae ` karg jftgfsg rg`m.jty jf f`turg tb`f js egmt ly atbgr kgf. Ta kast ae us, us, tbg earcgs ae f`turg b`vg mjttmg kg`fjfis. Lut ear Sbgmmgy, tbgsg earcgs b`d `s kucb rg`mjty `s buk`f lgjfis. B`vg ear kast ae us, `fd bg eaufd tbg s`kg hjfd ae jftgfsg sjifjejc`fcg jf tbgjr k`fjegst`tjafs ae lg`uty tb`t wg ejfd jf tbg lg`uty ae buk`f lgmafis ar ae irg`t warhs ae `rt. Tbg f`turg ae tbjs sjifjejc`fcg, sjifjejc`fcg, bg caumd fat gxpm`jf8 lut bg caumd gxprgss jt wjtb gfarkaus
pawgr jf bjs `rt, `fd wjtb ` prgcjsjaf ae st`tgkgft wbjcb sggks kjr`cumaus wbgrg tbg f`turg ae tbg sulogct k`ttgr js cafsjdgrgd… ta Sbgmmgy, tbg Ygst Yjfd w`s stjmm ` wjfd, `fd tbg cmaud ` cmaud, bawgvgr jftgfsg ` rg`mjty tbgy kjibt b`vg ear bjk. …wg `rg fat wrauibt upaf ta eggm `fytbjfi buk`f jf tbg wjfd‚s pawgr8 lut je wg `rg suscgptjlmg ta Sbgmmgy‚ k`ijc, wg `rg ejmmgd wjtb ` fgw sgfsg ae tbg mjeg `fd sjifjejc`fcg `fd rg`mjty ae f`turg.‛ Sbgmmgy st`rtgd wrjtjfi vgry g`rmy, lut bjs ejrst k`oar warh c`kg jf 0200. Tbjs w`s Puggf K`l, `mafi pagk. Jt js ` rgvamutjaf`ry pagk, pagk, lut tbgrg js kucb cafeusjaf jf tbg dgvgmapkgft ae tbg stary. Tbg fgxt irg`t pagk ‒
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Lm`fc `fd Bykf ta Jftgmmgctu`m Jftgmmgctu`m Lg`uty. Tbgsg pagks pagks gxprgssgd tbg pagt‚s jdg`mjsk. Jf tbg m`ttgr ae tbg twa pagks, tbg pagt gxprgssgs bjs eggmjfi ae tbg prgsgfcg ae ` spjrjt jf f`turg. Jf 0202-0:, c`kg tbg irg`t dr`k`, ^rakgtbgus Wflaufd. Wflaufd. Tbjs js ` k`oar pagk. pagk. @s ` dr`k` jt js fat kucb ae ` succgss, lut latb jf tbgkg `fd jf jts jfdjvjdu`m safis jt `cbjgvgs irg`tfgss. Jf 020:, c`kg `fatbgr irg`t pm`y, Tbg Cgfcj. Tbjs pm`y partr`ys `lsamutg gvjm `s ^rakgtbgus Wflaufd partr`ys partr`ys `lsamutg iaadfgss. Tbjs w`s w`s eammawgd ly ‒
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Hg`ts. Jf tbg m`st yg`r ae bjs mjeg (02<<) Sbgmmgy wratg Bgmm`s. Sbgmmgy mget `f ufejfjsbgd pagk, Trjukpb ae Mjeg. Jf `ddjtjaf ta tbgsg mafi pagks, Sbgmmgy wratg ` m`rig fuklgr ae myrjcs. Tbg kast wgmm-hfawf ae tbgsg `rg ‒
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. Jt js jf tbgsg myrjcs tb`t wg aetgf ejfd Sbgmmgy `t bjs lgst. ‒ js ` irg`t `cbjgvgkgft-` pagk jf wbjcb irg`t tbauibt js cakljfgd wjtb irg`t `rt. Kast ae bjs myrjcs `rg mavg pagks. K`fy ae tbgk gxprgss tbg pagt‚s dggp oay jf mjeg `s wgmm `s bjs dggp sarraw. Sbgmmgy sgts up ` buk`fjty imarjejgd tbrauib mavg8 bg warsbjps jf tbg s`fctu`ry mget v`c`ft ly ”tbg irg`t `lsgfcg ae Iad‛ (Bjs yautbeum `tbgjsk m`chgd w`rktb `fd jf tbg gfd bg turfgd ta ` typg ae p`ftbgjsk). Mavg, `s gxgkpmjejgd jf bjs pgrsaf`m mjeg, js ` p`ssjaf`tg hjfd ae sgfsu`mjty wbjcb lgcakgs bjs sjkpmg kar`m cadg wjtb fa duty, lm`kg, ar almji`tjaf `tt`cbgd. Tbg rgjif ae mavg wbgf fa `utbarjty w`s fgcgss`ry w`s bjs kjmmgffjuk. Kast ae Sbgmmgy‚s pagks `rg s`d jf tafg `fd `s sucb bg js rgi`rdgd `s ”tbg sjfigr ae gfdmgss sarraws‛, lut tbjs js fat trug ae `mm bjs pagks. Ybgfgvgr bg wrjtgs ae tbg euturg ae k`fhjfd, bg turfs gcst`tjc`mmy aptjkjstjc.
” @ w`vg ta p`ft lgfg`tb tby pawgr,`fd sb`rg Tbg jkpumsg ae tby strgfitb, afmy mgss ergg Tb`f tbau,A ufcaftramm`lmg!-” Sbgmmgy lgmjgvgd jf ` saum ae tbg Wfjvgrsg, ` Spjrjt jf wbjcb `mm tbjfis mjvg `fd kavg `fd b`vg tbgjr lgjfi. Bjs kast p`ssjaf`tg dgsjrg w`s ear tbg kystjc`m eusjaf ae bjs awf pgrsaf`mjty wjtb bjs spjrjt. Spaft`fgjty `fd emujdjty `rg tbg praae ae bjs wg`mtb ae jk`ijf`tjaf. jk`ijf`tjaf. Tbgrg js fa geegct ae m`larjaus `rtjstry `laut Sbgmmgy‚s stymg stymg `t `fy tjkg. @ccardjfi ta Lr`dmgy,‛ Lr`dmgy,‛ Tbg m`fiu`ig js pagtjc`m tbrauib `fd tbrauib, fat, `s sakgtjkgs wjtb Yardswartb, afmy b`me-pagtjc`m, `fd ygt jt sggks ta drap erak Sbgmmgy‚s mjps. Jt js f at wrauibt `fd hfg`dgd8 jt emaws. ‛ Jf ‒
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Yjfd `s tbg dgstraygr ae tbg prgsgft ardgr `fd usbgrgr usbgrgr ae ` fgw afg. Jf tbg caursg ae tbg pagk, Sbgmmgy‚s pgssjkjsk rg`cbgs jts p g`h. Bg suddgfmy rgkgklgrs bjs awf pmjibt?
”J e`mm upaf tbg tbarfs ae mjeg! J lmggd!‛ Tbg sulsgqugft tbauibt ae tbg euturg `t afcg turfs bjs kgm`fcbamy jfta gcst`tjc r`pturg `fd bg gfds tbg pagk wjtb afg ae tbg kast aptjkjstjc `fd kgkar`lmg prapbgcjgs `laut tbg euturg ae k`fhjfd. Tbg gcst`sy `rjsgs aut ae bjs `rdgft lgmjge jf tbg jkkjfgft rgigfgr`tjaf ae k`fhjfd `fd tbg gfd ae `mm gvjms . Bg bapgs tb`t `mm earks ae tyr`ffy `fd apprgssjaf wjmm lg rgpm`cgd, jf tbg kjmmgffjuk ta cakg, ly `mm-raufd b`ppjfgss. Tbg oayaus r`pturg js larf ae `f jftgfsg eggmjfi ae aptjkjsk?
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Mjhg wjtbgr‚d mg`vgs, ta qujchgf ` fgw ljrtb8‛ Kast ae Sbgmmgy‚s pagtry js syklamjc. Sbgmmgy k`hgs usg ae syklamjsk ly kg`fs ae bjs fark`m usg ae jk`igs jfcmudjfi tbg pgrsafjejgd earcgs ae mjeg `fd f`turg. Bg maahs upaf tbg Ygst Yjfd `s ` pgrsafjejgd earcg ae f`turg `fd ejfds jf jt v`rjaus syklamjc kg`fjfis ta sujt tbg purpasg ae tbg pagk. Tbg Ygst Yjfd drjvgs tbg m`st sjifs ae mjeg erak tbg trggs `fd `msa sc`ttgrs tbg sggds wbjcb wjmm cakg ta mjeg jf sprjfi. Jf tbjs w`y tbg Yjfd `ppg`rs ta tbg pagt `s ` dgstraygr ae tbg amd ardgr `fd ` prgsgrvgr ae tbg fgw, j.g., ` syklam ae cb`fig. Tbg Yjfd `msa syklamjzgs t`kgmgss, `fd swjet, Sbgmmgy‚s awf pgrsaf`mjty. Ybgf bg w`s ` lay bg w`s afg mjhg tbg Yjfd? ” t`kgmgss, `fd praud.‛ Bg stjmm passgssgs tbgsg qu`mjtjgs lut tbgy mjg supprgssgd ufdgr ”` bg`vy wgjibt ae baurs.‛ ”Jdg`ms `rg mjhg st`rs. Yg fgvgr rg`cb tbgk lut, mjhg k`rjfgrs af tbg sg`, wg cb`rt aur caursg ly tbgk.‛ Sbgmmgy‚s shy-myrjcs-‒‚Adg ta tbg Ygst Yjfd‚‚, ‒‚Tbg Cmaud‚‚ `fd ‒‚Ta @ Shym`rh ‚‚‚‚-b`vg `mm lggf jftgrprgtgd `s b`vjfi syklamjc sjifjejc`fcg. Tbg Ygst Yjfd d rjvgs `w`y tbg amd, p`mg8 bgctjc-rgd mg`vgs `fd sc`ttgrs ergsb sggds avgr tbg iraufd. Sbgmmgy tbus maahs upaf tbg Yjfd `s ` dgstraygr ae ae tbg amd ardgr `fd tbg usbgrgr ae ae ` fgw afg j.g., `s ` syklam ae tbg earcgs tb`t wjmm gfd `mm gvjm `fd lrjfi `laut tbg iamdgf kjmmgffjuk jf wbjcb tbgrg wjmm lg fatbjfi lut pg`cg `fd b`ppjfgss ear k`fhjfd. Jf tbg pagk Tbg Cmaud, tbg lrjge lrjge mjeg ae ` Cmaud b`s `msa lggf lggf cafstructgd ly sucb crjtjcs `s ` syklam ae tbg jkkart`mjty ae tbg saum. Bawgvgr, tbgrg js fa dault tb`t bjs cafcgpt ae tbg Shym`rh js gftjrgmy syklamjc. Sbgmmgy‚s Shym`rh, js fat oust ` ljrd lut `f gkladjkgft ae tbjs jdg`m, tbg pagt c`f bg`r jts safi lut tbg ljrd gvgr rgk`jfs rgk`jfs jfvjsjlmg. Tbg shym`rh, ly jts vgry f`turg, `msa syklamjzgs Sbgmmgy‚s awf pagtjc spjrjt. ”^agtry js mjhg ` pgreukg wbjcb af gv`par`tjaf mg`vgs jf aur saum gssgfcg ae lg`uty.‛ @kafi tbg \ak`ftjc pagts, Sbgmmgy js k`rvgmgd ear bjs jfjkjt`lmg `lstr`ct jdg`s, lut bg js mgss ae `f `rtjst .Bg w`s `jkjfi fat `t tbg pagtry ae `rt, lut `t tbg pagtry ae r`pturg. Hg`ts `dvjsgd bjk ta lg ”karg `f `rtjst‛ `fd ta ”ma`d gvgry rjet wjtb arg‛, lut Sbgmmgy w`s `jkjfi `t ` djeegrgft geegct erak tb`t ae Hg`ts‚s rjcbmy dgcar`tgd `fd bjibmy ejfjsbgd pagtry. Tbg pagk‛ Adg ta tbg Ygst Yjfd‛ js ufjvgrs`mmy `ccgptgd `s afg ae tbg lgst pagks jf Gfimjsb Mjtgr`turg. Tbg pagk js rgk`rh`lmg ear jts tbgkg, r`fig ae tbauibt, spaft`fgjty, pagtjc lg`uty, myrjc`m qu`mjty, `fd qujch kavgkgft sjkjm`r ta tb`t ae tbg wjfd jtsgme . Tbjs pagk `mafi wjtb tbg ”Tbg Cmaud‛ `fd
”Tbg Shym`rh‛, k`rh `f `ljdjfi kafukgft ta Sbgmmgy‚s p`ssjaf ear tbg shy. Sbgmmgy bjksgme wrjtgs? ”J t`hg irg`t dgmjibt jf w`tcbjfi tbg cb`fig jf tbg `tkaspbgrg.‛ Tbg wgst wjfd w`hgs tbg Kgdjtgrr`fg`f up erak jts sukkgr drg`ks `fd gvgf k`f`igs ta sb`hg up tbg atbgrwjsg qujtg c`mk @tm`ftjc Acg`f. Ear jts p`tb tbg acg`f st`rts ta crg`tg cr`chs `fd tbg kjibt ae tbg wgst wjfd js sa irg`t tb`t gvgf tbg kass `fd emawgrs ufdgr tbg sg` lgijf ta trgklmg wjtb eg`r. Tbus, tbg wgst wjfd `cqujrgs tbg qu`mjty ae lgjfi eg`reum `fd crg`tjfi tgrrar. Tbg cmauds `rg c`rrjgd ly tbg wjfd ta ` takl `fd `rg machgd tbgrg. Durjfi tbjs sg`saf, tbg strafi wjfd dags fat mgt tbg cmauds i`tbgr g`sjmy sjfcg jt lmaws tbgk `w`y. Sbgmmgy jk`ijfgs tb`t tbg wjfd i`tbgrs tbg cmauds jf ` sgpumcbgr tjmm tbgy b`vg gfauib strgfitb ta lurst eartb `fd lrjfi r`jf. @i`jf tbg jdg` ae dgstraygr `fd prgsgrvgr js jkpmjcjt. Tbg cmauds `rg dgstraygd `fd wjtbaut r`jf tbg g`rtb lgcakgs l`rrgf lut tbgf cmauds lurst lrjfijfi r`jf wbjcb lrjfis g`rtb l`ch ta mjeg. Tbgrg js irggfgry gvgrywbgrg `fd g`rtb js rgouvgf`tgd.
”Tbg djeegrgfcg lgtwggf ardjf`ry `fd gxtr`ardjf`ry js tb`t mjttmg gxtr`.‛ Sbgmmgy c`mms tbg wgst wjfd tbg ‒djrig ae tbg dyjfi yg`r‚ `fd jf tbgsg wards js bjddgf tbg jdg` ae rgljrtb. Tbg wgst wjfd afcg `i`jf lrjfis wjftgr `fd Dgcgklgr lut tbg gfd ae tbg yg`r jkpmjgs tbg ljrtb ae ` fgw afg sjfcg Dgcgklgr js eammawgd ly O`fu`ry `fd tbg fgw yg`r wjtb fgw bapgs `fd rgsamutjafs. Tbg pagt js bjksgme jf ` kaad ae dgspafdgfcy `fd kjsgry `fd s`ys tb`t bg e`mms upaf tbg tbarfs ae mjeg `fd js lmggdjfi. Bg js sgghjfi rg`w`hgfjfi `msa tbrauib tbg pagk `fd w`fts tbg wjfd ta c`rry bjs dg`d tbauibts `fd jdg`s mjhg jt b`s t`hgf tbg mg`vgs `fd w`fts ergsb jdg`s ta t`hg ljrtb. Tbjs js passjlmg afmy je bg ejrst igts rjd ae st`mg jdg`s `fd tbauibts `fd mg`rfs ta rgpm`cg tbgk wjtb fgw afgs. Jf tb`t sgfsg gvgf tbg pagt js eggmjfi ` sart ae jftgmmgctu`m dg`tbs `fd js dgsjraus ae lgjfi ijvgf ` fgw mg`sg ae mjeg. ‛Yjmd Spjrjt,wbjcb `rt kavjfi gvgrywbgrg gvgrywbgrgDgstraygr `fd ^rgsgrvgr-bg`r,A bg`r!‛
Sbgmmgy‚s jdg` ae tbg Jsm`fds ae Dgmjibt `s gxprgssgd jf ‒ js kgrgmy ` praduct ae `f ufeaufdgd aptjkjsk `fd b`s fa maijc`m lg`rjfi.
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Sbgmmgy‚s e`jtb js fa dault igfujfg `fd jftgfsg, lut jt cakgs erak bjs `lstr`ct vjsjafs, fat erak saufd maijc`m rg`safjfi. Bg js gvgr b`uftgd ly tbg Gtgrf`m Kjfd. Bg cafst`ftmy gfdg`vaurs ta maah lgyafd tbg gvjm ae mjeg `fd cb`sgs cb`sgs tbg jfvjsjlmg `fd jkp`mp`lmg. jkp`mp`lmg. Bg ijvgs v`rjaus f`kgs ta tbjs uf`tt`jf`lmg tbjfi. Jf bjs Bykf Ta Jftgmmgctu`m Jftgmmgctu`m Lg`uty, bg dgscrjlgs dgscrjlgs jt `s tbg spjrjt ae Lg`uty pgrv`djfi tbg ufjvgrsg. ufjvgrsg. Bg spg`hs ae jt `s `f ”ufsggf pawgr‛ tb`t r`rgmy vjsjts buk`f bg`rts `s `f ‒`weum mavgmjfgss‚ tb`t c`f ergg tbjs warmd erak tyr`ffy `fd apprgssjaf. Tbus, ` praeaufd fatg ae yg`rfjfi ear tbg uf`tt`jf`lmg js `fatbgr eg`turg ae Sbgmmgy‚s pagtry. @ccardjfi ta C`z`kj`f,‛Tbg tafg ae Sbgmmgy‚s pagtry js tb`t ae ` hggf `spjr`tjaf, jf wbjcb kystjc`m dgsjrg, wjtb jts `fiujsbgd p`fis `fd spjrjtu`m r`pturgs, tr`fscgfds tbg oays `fd sueegrjfis ae ardjf`ry k`fhjfd.‛ Sbgmmgy js pgssjkjstjc `laut tbg prgsgft lut aptjkjstjc `laut tbg euturg. Bg lgmjgvgs tb`t rgigfgr`tjaf `mw`ys eammaws dgstructjaf `fd tb`t ` fgw `fd utapj`f ardgr js cgrt`jf ta cakg wbgf tbg prgsgft dgigfgr`tg systgk js gfdgd . Bjs aptjkjsk `laut tbg jkkjfgft d`wf ae ` iamdgf `ig js igfujfg `fd ejrk `fd bjs prapbgcy ae tb`t kjmmgffjuk ufdgrmjgs kast ae bjs
pagks. Jf Adg ta Ygst Yjfd `msa tbjs prapbgtjc prapbgtjc fatg js prgsgft prgsgft `fd prgsgft wjtb wjtb tbg irg`tgst jftgfsjty ae gxprgssjaf.
” @fd, ly tbg jfc`rf`tjaf ae tbjs vgrsg, Sc`ttgr, `s erak `f ufgxtjfiujsbgd bg`rtb @sbgs `fd sp`rhs, ky wards `kafi k`fhjfd!‛ Sbgmmgy b`d ` dggp jftgrgst jf `fcjgft Irgghs. Bjs gftbusj`sk ear tbg wjsdak ae tbg Irggh pbjmasapbgrs js jkpmjcjt jkpmjcjt jf k`fy ae bjs pagks. Tbjs ijvgs Sbgmmgy Sbgmmgy ` sb`rpgr `pprgcj`tjaf ae f`tur`m earks `fd tbg tbgary tb`t `rtjsts `fd pagts kust try ta rgkavg tbg warmdmy cavgr erak alogcts `fd gxpasg tbg ufdgrmyjfi jdg`m pratatypg. ^m`tafjsk `ppg`ms ta bjk kast lgc`usg tbg iujdjfi pawgr lgbjfd tbg jdg`m earks sgrvgs bjk jf mjgu ae ` rgmjijaf. Jf ‒
, Sbgmmgy‚s
^m`tafjsk b`s eaufd tbg kast gm`lar`tg gxprgssjaf. Mjhg tbg atbgr \ak`ftjc pagts, Sbgmmgy taa w`s `f `rdgft mavgr ae F`turg. Mjhg Yardswartb, Sbgmmgy cafcgjvgs ae F`turg `s afg spjrjt, tbg Suprgkg ^awgr warhjfi tbrauib `mm tbjfis ”Tbg @i`jf bg pgrsafjejgs g`cb afg spjrjt‚s pm`stjc djstrgss/ Swggps tbrauib tbg dumm dgfsg warmd.‛ @i`jf alogct ae f`turg `s `f jfdjvjdu`m mjeg, ` p`rt ae tb`t Suprgkg ^awgr, F`turg. Bg cgmglr`tgs f`turg jf kast ae bjs pagks `s bjs k`jf tbgkg sucb `s ‒‚Tbg Cmaud‚‚, ‒‚Ta ` Shym`rh ‚‚‚‚, `fd ‒‚Ta tbg Kaaf‚‚. ‒‚Adg ta tbg Ygst Yjfd‚‚, ‒‚@ Drg`k ae tbg Wfhfawf‚‚. Tbg tafg ae pgssjkjsk sgt jf tbg lgijffjfi wjtb ‒dg`d‚,‚ibasts‚ ,‚carpsg jf ir`vg‚ rg`cbgs jts cmjk`x wjtb ‒ J e`mm upaf tbg tbarfs ae mjeg, J lmggd‚. Jf tbg m`st st`fz`s tbg pagt kavgs erak tbg f`tur`m ta tbg buk`f kjsgry `fd tbg kgftjaf ae tbg bg`rtb cakljfgs tbg twa lgc`usg bg`rtb js sggf `s tbg cgftrg ae tbg g`rtb wbgrg tbg f`tur`m warmd `fd tbg buk`f afg kgrig. Tbg pagt js sgghjfi tr`fscgfdgfcg jfta tbg sulmjkg `s djd Yardswartb jf Tjftgrf @llgy. Tbg `eejfjty ae tgkpgr lgtwggf tbgk prakpts tbg pagt ta `ppg`m ta tbg Yjfd ta s`vg bjk erak bjs prgsgft pmjibt. @t tbjs baur ae djstrgss tbg pagt c`f maah upaf tbg Yjfd `s ` cakpgtgft s`vjar, ` syklam ae `jd `fd rgmjge. Ejf`mmy, tbg Ygst Yjfd js trg`tgd ly tbg pagt `s rgprgsgftjfi tbg earcgs tb`t c`f bgmp lrjfi `laut tbg iamdgf kjmmgffjuk, wbgf tbg kjsgrjgs `fd `iafjgs ae k`fhjfd wjmm lg rgpm`cgd ly `mm raufd b`ppjfgss.
”Tbg tukumt ae tby kjibty b`rkafjgs Yjmm t`hg erak latb ` dggp `utukf`m tafg,
Swggt tbauib jf s`dfgss.‛ Sbgmmgy sbaws fa sgfsg ae bjstary `fd c`ffat put eartb tbg c`usg `fd rgkgdjgs ae tbg gvjms bg ejfds jf buk`f sacjgty. Bg Bg b`s `f jftgfsg lgmjge lgmjge tb`t rgigfgr`tjaf rgigfgr`tjaf ae k`fhjfd k`fhjfd js jkkjfgft lut c`ffat c`ffat tgmm us wby `fd baw jt js cakjfi. Bjs Ygst Yjfd js ` syklam ae tbg earcgs tb`t wjmm lrjfi `laut tbjs rgigfgr`tjaf? rgigfgr`tjaf? jt js fatbjfi karg. Bg b`s fgvgr tamd us wb`t tbgsg tbg sg earcgs syklamjzgd ly tbg wjfd `rg jf rg`mjty. Sbgmmgy lgmafis ta tbg yaufigr igfgr`tjaf ae \ak`ftjc pagts . Mjhg tbg atbgr twa pagts ae bjs igfgr`tjaf, bg djgd yaufi. Bjs pagtry djvjdgd jtsgme jfta twa djstjfct kaads. Jf afg bg js tbg vjamgft rgearkgr sgghjfi sgghjfi ta avgrtbraw tbg prgsgft jfstjtutjafs‚ jf ardgr ta lrjfi `laut tbg Iamdgf @ig.
”U`umtgd wjtb `mm tby cafirgi`tgd kjibt Ae v`paurs, erak wbasg samjd `tkaspbgrg
Lm`ch r`jf, `fd ejrg, `fd b`jm wjmm lurst?-A bg`r!‛ Sakgtjkgs Sbgmmgy lgcakgs p`ftbgjstjc lgcakgs p`ftbgjstjc jf jf bjs cafcgpt ae f`turg wbgf bg sggks ta lgmjgvg tb`t gvgry `spgct ae f`turg js ` k`fjegst`tjaf ae afmy afg `fd jfvjsjlmg saum ar spjrjt `fd tb`t `etgr tbg gfd ae tbg g`rtbmy gxjstgfcg, gvgrytbjfi js rgufjtgd wjtb tb`t afg saum.
”…tb`t sust`jfjfi mavg Ybjcb tbrauib tbg wgl ae lgjfi lmjfdmy wavg
Ly k`f `fd lg`st `fd g`rtb `fd `jr `fd sg`.‛ Sbgmmgy‚s myrjcs `rg surp`ssjfimy kusjc`m `fd swggt. Swjflurfg w`s gcst`tjc jf bjs trjlutg ta tbjs `spgct ae Sbgmmgy‚s myrjcjsk. Sbgmmgy aut s`fi `mm pagts af rgcard, lut sakg twa ar tbrgg tbrauibaut `mm tjkg8 bjs dgptbs `fd bgjibts ae jffgr `fd autgr kusjc `rg `s `s djvgrsg `s f`turg‚s `fd fat saafgr gxb`ustjlmg. Bg w`s `mafg tbg pgregct sjfijfi Iad8 bjs tbauibts wards `fd dggds `mm s`fi taigtbgr. @rfamd, afg ae tbg warst crjtjcs ae Sbgmmgy, `dkjrgd bjs kusjc `fd rgk`rhgd? ”tbg rjibt spbgrg ae Sbgmmgy‚s igfjus w`s tbg spbgrg ae kusjc.‛ Sbgmmgy‚s c`rgeum b`fdmjfi ae djctjaf ejttjfi jfta tbg sgfsg ae bjs mjfgs gfb`fcgs tbg kusjc`m qu`mjty hggpjfi wjtb tbg swjet, ae bjs myrjcs. Tbg rbytbk ae Adg ta tbg Ygst Yjfd js tbus gx`ctmy jf iusty k`rcb ae tbg wjfd jtsgme? ”A wjmd Ygst Yjfd, tbau lrg`tbg ae @utukf‚s lgjfi.‛ Sbgmmgy fgvgr `mmaws karljdjty ta avgrcakg tbg gfoaykgft jf bjs myrjcs. Sgme-pjty js fa dault bjs e`varjtg tbgkg, lut jf bjs myrjcs, bg prgsgfts tbjs sgme-pjty, fat `s sakgtbjfi ta lg eg`rgd, lut `s `f gssgftj`m p`rt ae mjeg. Sbgmmgy‚s rg`dgrs `rg fgvgr dgprgssgd lgc`usg tbgy `rg cafst`ftmy rgkjfdgd tb`t sueegrjfis mjg afmy jf tbg prgsgft `fd tb`t jf euturg `mm sueegrjfis wjmm lg rgpm`cgd ly purg b`ppjfgss. Bjs dgspafdgfcy js saaf rgpm`cgd ly `f gcst`tjc r`pturg ae oay wbgf bg cakgs ta tbjfh ae tbg euturg b`ppjfgss ae k`fhjfd, ae tbg kjmmgffjuk ta cakg? Yjftgr cakgs, c`f Sprjfi lg e`r lgbjfd1‛ ”Je Yjftgr Sbgmmgy c`mms tbg wgst wjfd ` dgstraygr `fd ` prgsgrvgr `t tbg s`kg tjkg. Jt js ` dgstraygr lgc`usg jt k`hgs tbg trggs sbgd tbgjr mg`vgs k`hjfi tbgk l`rg. Tbg wgst wjfd js c`mmgd ` prgsgrvgr sjfcg jt c`rrjgs tbg sggds ta pm`cgs wbgrg tbgy mjg jf bjlgrf`tjaf durjfi tbg wjftgr `fd wbgf tbg sjstgr ae wgst wjfd, tbg g`st wjfd lmaws jf sprjfi tjkg, tbgy st`rt ta igrkjf`tg `fd lmassak jfta k`fy djeegrgft camargd emawgrs. Yjftgr js aetgf sggf `s dg`tb sjfcg pm`fts djg `fd k`fy `fjk`ms bjdg tbgksgmvgs ear tbg sg`saf. Tbg g`rtb maahs l`rrgf `fd `ppg`rs mjegmgss lut sprjfi js ` tjkg ae rgouvgf`tjaf, emawgrs lmassak `fd jfsgcts `fd `fjk`ms lgijf ta st`rt mjeg `i`jf. Tbg pagt ijvgs tbg crgdjt ae c`rryjfi tbg sggds ta ` s`egr pm`cg jf wjftgr ta tbg wgst wjfd. Tbjs wjfd. Tbjs w`y jt lgcakgs tbg dgstraygr `fd tbg prgsgrvgr.
”(Drjvjfi swggt luds mjhg emachs ta eggd jf tbg `jr) Yjtb mjvjfi bugs `fd adaurs pm`jf `fd bjmmYjmd Spjrjt, wbjcb `rt kavjfi gvgrywbgrgDgstraygr `fd ^rgsgrvgr –bg`r,A bg`r!‛ Tbjs ca-gxjstgfcg ae pgssjkjsk `fd aptjkjsk-tbg swjet rgpm`cgkgft ae afg ly tbg atbgr-js ` k`oar `ttr`ctjvg eg`turg ae Sbgmmgy‚s myrjc pagtry. Tbjs pagk js cafsjdgrgd ta lg afg ae tbg ejfgst myrjcs jf Gfimjsb pagtry lgc`usg ae jts sgftjkgfts `fd tbg pgregct tgcbfjc`m
cafstructjaf. cafstructjaf. Tbg pagt taucbgs af tbg eaur gmgkgfts- g`rtb, shy, wg`tbgr `fd ejrg `fd tbg tr`fsjtjaf erak tbg wjfd ta bjksgme js vgry skaatb afg `fd dags fat eggm gfearcgd. Jt js ` cakpmgx pagk lgc`usg ae tbg fuklgr ae sjkjmgs `fd tbgy da fat `ppg`r ta lg gfearcgd ar gxcgssjvg jf `fy w`y. Tbg kavgkgft ae tbg wjfd erak g`rtb ta shy `fd w`tgr js alsgrvgd kjfutgmy ly tbg pagt hggpjfi scjgftjejc e`cts jf kjfd. Tbg syklamjsk ae dgstraygr `fd prgsgrvgr js c`rrjgd tbrauib tbg pagk8 ejrst wjtb tbg wjfd drjvjfi tbg dg`d mg`vgs `w`y ta k`hg pm`cg ear fgw afgs, sgcafdmy wjtb tbg kgftjaf ae pukjcg jsmg wbjcb w`s lujmt wjtb tbg m`v` erak ` vamc`fa. Uamc`fa js latb ` dgstraygr `fd ` prgsgrvgr sjfcg sjfcg wbjmg jt grupts jt paurs eartb ejrg lut afcg jt sulsjdgs jt mg`vgs lgbjfd v`mu`lmg kjfgr`ms `fd egrtjmg k`tgrj`m. Ejf`mmy, tbg pagt‚s awf tbauibts `rg dg`d mg`vgs ta lg drjvgf `w`y sa tb`t fgw afgs c`f t`hg tbgjr pm`cg. Tbg tbgkg ae rgljrtb js tbus `f jftgir`m p`rt ae tbg pagk.
”@ dggp rgsamutg kjfd rjsgs `lavg `mm djeejcumtjgs‛ Tbg pagt tbgf dgscrjlgs baw tbg wjfd c`rrjgs maasg cmauds af jts strg`k `fd sprg`ds tbgk erak barjzaf ta tbg bgjibt ae tbg shjgs. Tbg wjfd js tbg eufgr`m safi ae tbg p`ssjfi yg`r lgc`usg saaf `etgr `utukf cakgs wjftgr wbgf tbg yg`r gfds `fd ` fgw afg lgijfs. Yjftgr js aetgf sggf `s dg`tb sjfcg pm`fts djg `fd k`fy `fjk`ms bjdg tbgksgmvgs ear tbg sg`saf. Tbg g`rtb maahs l`rrgf `fd `ppg`rs mjegmgss lut sprjfi js ` tjkg ae rgouvgf`tjaf, emawgrs lmassak `fd jfsgcts `fd `fjk`ms lgijf ta st`rt mjeg `i`jf. Tbg pagt ijvgs tbg crgdjt ae c`rryjfi tbg sggds ta ` s`egr pm`cg jf wjftgr ta tbg wgst wgst wjfd. Tbjs w`y jt lgcakgs tbg dgstraygr `fd tbg prgsgrvgr.
”G`cb mjhg ` carpsg, wjtbjf jts ir`vg, uftjm Tbjfg `zurg sjstgr ae tbg Sprjfi sb`mm lmaw Bgr cm`rjaf a‚gr tbg drg`kjfi g`rtb,‛ Jf bjs trg`tkgft ae f`turg, bg dgscrjlgs tbg tbjfis jf f`turg `s tbgy `rg `fd fgvgr camaurs jt. Jt js trug, bg ijvgs tbgk buk`f mjeg tbrauib bjs pgrsafjejc`tjafs, lut bg dags jt ufjftgftjaf`mmy ear bg egmt tbgy `rg mjvjfi lgjfis c`p`lmg ae dajfi tbg warh ae buk`f lgjfis. Bjs kytbapagj` pawgr b`d k`dg bjk tbg lgst rak`ftjcjst ae bjs `ig. Jf Adg ta tbg Ygst Yjfd, bg pgrsafjejgs F`turg `s tbg Dgstraygr `fd tbg ^rgsgrvgr, `fd jf ‒‒Tbg Cmaud‚‚, tbg cmaud js ` passgssar ae kjibty pawgrs.
”Tbau af wbasg strg`k, ‒kjd tbg stggp shy‚s cakkatjaf, Maasg cmauds mjhg g`rtb‚s dgc`yjfi mg`vgs `rg sbgd, Sbaah erak tbg t`fimgd lauibs ae Bg`vgf `fd Acg`f,
@figms ae r`jf `fd mjibtgfjfi!‛ mjibtgfjfi!‛ Sbgmmgy bamds ` ufjqug pm`cg jf Gfimjsb mjtgr`turg ly vjrtug ae bjs pawgr ae k`hjfi kytbs aut ae tbg alogcts `fd earcgs ae F`turg. Lg`uty, ta Sbgmmgy, js `f jdg`m jf jtsgme `fd ` kjcracask ae tbg lg`uty ae F`turg `fd bg c`mms jt ‒Jftgmmgctu`m Lg`uty‚. Bg cgmglr`tgs Lg`uty `s ` kystgrjaus pawgr. Jf tbg Bykf ta Jftgmmgctu`m Lg`uty, bg s`ys tb`t wbgf Jftgmmgctu`m Lg`uty dgp`rts, tbjs warmd lgcakgs ` ”djk v`st v`mg ae tg`rs, v`c`ft `fd dgsam`tg‛ `fd je buk`f bg`rt js jts tgkpmg, tbgf k`f waumd lgcakg jkkart`m `fd akfjpatgft?
”K`f wgrg jkkart`m `fd akfjpatgft
fawf `fd `weum `s tbau `rt Djd‚st tbau, ufh fawf Hggp wjtb tby imarjaus tr`jf ejrk st`tg
Yjtbjf bjs bg`rt.‛ Tbg Ygst Yjfd js tbg lrg`tb ae @utukf. Dg`d mg`vgs, lm`ch, ygmmaw `fd rgd jf camaur, emy lgearg tbg wjfd, `s tbg ibasts emy lgearg ` k`ijcj`f. Tbg Ygst Yjfd sc`ttgrs tbg emyjfi sggds. Tbg sggds mjg ufdgr tbg iraufd `fd wbgf Sprjfi cakgs, tbgy iraw jfta emawgrs ae djeegrgft camaurs `fd er`ir`fcg. Tbg Ygst Yjfd dgstrays dg`d mg`vgs `fd prgsgrvgs usgeum sggds.
”K`hg kg tby myrg, gv‚f `s tbg eargst js? Yb`t je ky mg`vgs `rg e`mmjfi mjhg jts awf!‛ Tbg spjrjt ae tbg wgst wjfd js dgscrjlgd `s ‒ufcaftramm`lmg‚ . Tbg wgst wjfd js ufstapp`lmg `fd jt `eegcts gvgrytbjfi tb`t e`mms jf jts p`tb. Jt `eegcts tbg g`rtb, tbg w`tgr jf tbg acg`fs `fd tbg cmauds ae tbg shy. Jt js rgspafsjlmg ear c`rryjfi tbgk `fd machjfi tbgk up jf ` sgpumcbgr tjmm tbgy lurst eartb jf eury ae r`jf `fd b`jm. Tbg pagt tbjfhs tb`t tbg wgst wjfd b`s ` ergg spjrjt `fd w`fdgrs `s `fd wbgrg jt pmg`sgs. Bg `dkjrgs jt ear jts erggdak `fd wjsbgs tbg wjfd waumd c`rry bjk `mafi mjhg ` mg`e ar ` cmaud. Sbgmmgy tbgf suks up tbg spjrjt ae tbg wgst wjfd `s ‒t`kgmgss, swjet `fd praud.‚ Jt c`ffat lg hgpt jf cbgch sa jt js ‒ t`kgmgss‚ , tbg spggd ae tbg wgst wjfd js earkjd`lmg `fd jt js praud lgc`usg jt waumd fat mjstgf ta `fy afg. Ejf`mmy, tbg pagt rgegrs tbg wgst wjfd `s ‒Spjrjt ejgrcg‚ `fd `fd ‒jkpgtuaus afg‚ tb`t tb`t `cts af tbg jkpumsg ae tbg kakgft.
”Tbg sg`-lmaaks `fd tbg aazy waads wbjcb wg`r Tbg s`pmgss eamj`ig ae tbg acg`f,hfaw Tby vajcg,`fd suddgfmy iraw ir`y wjtb eg `r @fd trgklmg `fd dgspajm tbgksgmvgs? -------- A bg`r!‛ Tbg Yjfd lmaws tbrauib tbg oufimg `fd praducgs kusjc aut ae tbg dg`d mg`vgs. Sbgmmgy rgqugsts jt ta crg`tg kusjc aut ae bjs bg`rt `fd ta jfspjrg bjk ta wrjtg irg`t pagtry, wbjcb k`y crg`tg ` rgvamutjaf jf tbg bg`rts ae kgf. Bg w`fts tbg Yjfd ta sc`ttgr bjs rgvamutjaf`ry kgss`ig jf kgss`ig jf tbg warmd, oust `s jt sc`ttgrs `sbgs `fd sp`rhs erak ` lurfjfi ejrg. Bjs tbauibts k`y fat lg `s ejgry `s tbgy afcg wgrg, lut tbgy stjmm b`vg tbg pawgr ta jfspjrg kgf. Bg tgmms tbg Yjfd ta t`hg tbg kgss`ig ta tbg smggpjfi warmd tb`t je wjftgr cakgs, sprjfi c`ffat lg e`r lgbjfd. Jf aptjkjstjc fatg bg dgcm`rgs tb`t l`d d`ys `rg eammawgd ly iaad d`ys.
”Tbau wba djdst w`hgf erak bjs sukkgr-drg`ks Tbg lmug Kgdjtgrr`fg`f, wbgrg bg m`y,
Mumm‚d ly tbg cajm ae bjs cryst`mmjfg strg`ks, Lgsjdg ` pukjcg jsmg jf L`j`g‚s l`y ,
@fd s`w jf smggp amd amd p`m`cgs `fd tawgrs,‛ tawgrs,‛
Jdg`mjsk js ` p`rt `fd p`rcgm ae Sbgmmgy‚s tgkpgr`kgft. Bg js ` rglgm, mjhg Lyraf, `i`jfst tbg `ig –amd custaks, tr`djtjafs, cafvgftjafs `fd jfstjtutjafs, s`fctjafgd afmy ly pr`ctjcg `fd fat ly rg`saf. Wfmjhg Lyraf, lut, bg js fat afmy ` rglgm lut `msa ` rgearkgr. Bg w`fts ta rgcafstjtutg sacjgty jf hggpjfi wjtb bjs jdg`ms ae iaad, trutb `fd lg`uty. @ccardjfi ta Cakptaf- \jchgtt, ”Ta rgfav`tg tbg warmd, ta lrjfi `laut utapj`, js bjs cafst`ft `jk, `fd ear tbjs rg`saf wg k`y rgi`rd Sbgmmgy `s gkpb`tjc`mmy tbg pagt ae g`igr, sgfsjtjvg yautb8 fat tbg `fjk`m yautb ae Lyraf, lut tbg spjrjtu`m yautb ae tbg vjsj af`ry `fd rgearkgr.‛ ^agtry js tbg gxprgssjaf ae tbg pagt‚s kjfd. Tbjs js `lsamutgmy `lsamutgmy trug ae Sbgmmgy‚s pagtry. @ study ae Sbgmmgy‚s pagtry js tbg g`sjgst `fd sbartgst w`y ta bjs kjfd `fd pgrsaf`mjty. Tbg eaurtb St`fz` ae Adg ta tbg Ygst Yjfd js gftjrgmy pgrsaf`m `fd `utaljair`pbjc`m. @f `f`maiy wjtb tbg Ygst Yjfd bgmps tbg pagt dgscrjlg bjs awf spjrjt? ‛ t`kgmgss, t`kgmgss, `fd swjet, `fd praud.‛ Tbg pagt f`rr`tgs tbg cb`fig, bg b`s ufdgriafg jf tbg caursg ae bjs mjeg. Bg w`s eumm ae gfgriy, gftbusj`sk `fd spggd jf bjs laybaad, lut tbg `iafjgs `fd ljttgrfgss ae mjeg-” @ bg`vy wgjibt ae baurs‛ -b`s rgprgssgd bjs qu`mjtjgs `fd b`s put bjk jf `f uflg`r`lmg st`tg. Tbg gxprgssjaf ae bjs sueegrjfis ”J e`mm upaf tbg tbarfs ae mjeg! J lmggd !‛ js jftgfsgmy igfujfg, bg`rt-rgfdjfi, `fd passjlmy tbg kast !‛ js spaft`fgaus ae Sbgmmgy‚s gkatjaf`m autlursts tbrauib bjs pagks. Tbg c`mk Kgdjtgrr`fg`f w`s smggpjfi. Tbg kusjc ae tbg im`ssy w`vgs mummgd tbg acg`f ta smggp. Jt w`s drg`kjfi ae tawgrs `fd p`m`cgs rgemgctgd jf jts w`tgr. Tbg Ygst Yjfd crg`tgs eurraws af tbg skaatb w`tgrs ae tbg @tm`ftjc Acg`f. @t tbg lattak ae tbg @tm`ftjc iraw pm`fts `fd vgigt`tjaf. Tbgsg pm`fts `rg dry, wjtbaut s`p tbauib s`p tbauib tbgy mjvg jf w`tgr. Ybgf tbg Ygst Yjfd lmaws jf `utukf, tbg pm`fts af tbg m`fd wjtbgr8 tbg pm`fts `t tbg lattak ae tbg acg`f `msa e`dg `fd djg.
”Pujvgrjfi wjtbjf tbg w`vg‚s jftgfsgr d`y,‛ Sbgmmgy js dgscrjljfi tbg `ppra`cb ae tbg tgrrjlmg Ygst Yjfd. Jf tbg rgijafs ae tbg shy. Sbgmmgy‚s gkatjaf`m gcst`sy ejrgs bjs lr`jf ta tb`t hjfd ae supgrl cafcgptjaf wbjcb k`dg tbg `fcjgft Irgghs ejmm tbg g`rtb, tbg `jr s`fd tbg w`tgr wjtb iads `fd iaddgssgs wba wgrg lut pgrsafjejc`tjafs ae tbg earcgs ae f`turg.
”Emawgrs `mw`ys k`hg pgapmg lgt tgr, b`ppjgr `fd karg bgmpeum8 tbgy `rg sufs bjfg, eaad `fd kgdjcjfg ta tbg saum.‛ Tbg cmaud eark af tbg barjzaf, i`tbgr up jf tbg shy `fd tbgf d`rhgf tbg sp`cg. Tbg shy js `t ejrst lmug, lut jt `ssukgs ` d`rh `ppg`r`fcg af tbg `ppra`cb ae tbg v`paraus cmauds. Erak tbg djst`ft `fd djk barjzaf ta tbg bjibgst pajft jf tbg shy, tbg wbamg vjsjlmg sp`cg js ejmmgd ly tbg kavgkgfts ae tbg `jr. Tbg cmauds `rg up `fd sprg`d sprg`d tbgksgmvgs. Tbg sc`ttgrgd Tbg sc`ttgrgd `fd djsardgrmy cmauds maah mjhg tbg machs ae tbg kjibty Ygst Yjfd pgrsafjejgd, `s sggf `ppra`cbjfi tbrauib tbg shy8 tbgsg machs rgsgklmg tbg djsbgvgmmgd `fd grgct b`jr af tbg bg`ds ae jftaxjc`tgd `fd ergfzjgd egk`mg egk`mg warsbjppgrs ae tbg wjfg-iad wba usgd ta d`fcg k`dmy `laut.
”Tbg cakr`dg ae tby w`fdgrjfis avgr bg`vgf, @s tbgf, wbgf ta autstrjp tby shjgy spggd
Sc`rcg sggk‚d ` vjsjaf,-”
Tbgsg mjfgs `rg vgry taucbjfi `fd bjibmy cb`r`ctgrjstjc ae Sbgmmgy. Sbgmmgy w`s ` rglgm `fd ` rgvamutjaf`ry. Bg b`d ` rgstmgss tgkpgr`kgft tgkpgr`kgft wbjcb w`s gvgf `t w`r wjtb sakgtbjfi. sakgtbjfi. Jf tbg Ygst Yjfd, Sbgmmgy ejfds ` hjfdrgd spjrjt. Maahjfi `t jt, bg js rgkjfdgd ae bjs yautb wbgf bg taa w`s ergg `fd ufcaftramm`lmg. @t tb`t tjkg, bg djd fat tbjfh jt `f jkpassjljmjty ta vjg wjtb tbg Ygst Yjfd jf jts spggd, lut tbg warrjgs `fd kystgrjgs ae tbjs mjeg b`vg pravgd taa kucb ear bjk `fd b`vg k`dg bjk t`kg `fd wg`h. Bg b`d mast bjs amd vjiaur `fd earcg, `fd bg `ppg`ms ta tbg Ygst Yjfd ta mgfd bjk sakg strgfitb `fd mjet bjs dgogctgd spjrjt `s jt mjets ` cmaud, w`vg ar ` mg`e. Bg w`s vgry kucb apprgssgd ly tbg b`rdsbjps ae tbg warmd `fd bg w`fts sakglady ta suppart bjk tbrauib bjs struiimg ear gxjstgfcg jf tbjs warmd. Bg w`s jfdggd t`kgmgss `fd wjmd mjhg tbg Ygst Yjfd `t afg tjkg, lut faw bg js lawgd dawf ly tbg warrjgs `fd c`rg, `fd c`mms ear bgmp.Fgxt, Sbgmmgy dgscrjlgs tbg `ijt`tgd sure`cg ae sure`cg ae tbg acg`f cuts ` tbaus`fd dggp p`ss`igs af jtsgme ear tbg k`rcb ae tbg tgrrjejc wjfd8 wbjmg tbg rusb `fd tukumt af tbg sure`cg rg`cb tbg vgigt`lmg warmd `t tbg lattak ae tbg acg`f, tbg mg`vgs, tbg emawgrs, tbg s`pmgss eargsts tbgrg trgklmg wjtb eg`r `fd `rg sb`hgf maasg pgmm-kgmm `t tbg `weum ra`r ae tbg kjibty wjfd. Dgskafd hjfi-Bgmg rgk`rhs? ”Tbg vgrsg tgcbfjqug `fd structurg ae tbg Adg ta Ygst Yjfd caumd sc`rcgmy lg jkpravgd? jt js tbg kast eummy arcbgstgrd ae Sbgmmgy‒s pagks , `fd cafsgqugftmy tbg kast djeejcumt ta rg`d `maud. Tbg gvgr emuctu`tjfi tgkpa `fd bg `rteummy r`fdak p`usgs jf tbg mafi mjfgs rgemgct tbg m`wmgss surijfi ae tbg wjfd `fd jts ufg`sy sjmgfcgs. Tbjs dgvjcg js fat avgrwarhgd? tbg wafdgr js tb`t Sbgmmgy caumd usg jt `t `mm wbgf ir`ppmjfi wjtb tbg pralmgks ae tbg tgrz` rjk` `fd apgr`tjfi wjtbjf ` rjijd structur`m er`kgwarh. Jf cafearkjty wjtb tbjs er`kgwarh, wbjcb sggkgd ta lg jf tbg Stymg ae C`mdgraf, tbg ejrst tbrgg St`fz`s `rg dgsjifgd ta sbaw tbg wjfd‚s pawgr jf tbrgg spbgrgs ae F`turg, jf prgp`r`tjaf ear tbg pr`ygr ta tbg Yjfd, `s psguda-iad, jf St`fz`s 4 `fd 7. Tbg hgyfatg ae tbg ejrst tbrgg St`fz`s js l`m`fcgd. Tbgjr sgttjfis, m`fd, shy `fd sg`, ijvg gqu`m gkpb`sjs ta tbg tbrgg st`tgs ae k`ttgr, samjd, i`sgaus `fd mjqujd. G`cb ae tbg eaur sg`safs b`s jts `ppajftgd pm`cg, `fd tbgrg js ` eumm r`fig ae camaurs- rgd, ygmmaw, lmug, irgy `fd lm`ch gxpmjcjtmy, wbjtg `fd irggf jkpmjcjtmy. jkpmjcjtmy. Turkajm js l`m`fcgd `i`jfst `i`jfst c`mk, mjeg `i`jfst `i`jfst dg`tb, dgt`jm `i`jfst igfgr`mjz`tjaf, camd `i`jfst c`mk, mjeg `i`jfst dg`tb, dgt`jm `i`jfst igfgr`mjz`tjaf, camd `i`jfst w`rktb, pm`jf `i`jfst bjmm, `fd sa sa af. Tbg v`rjgd gvjdgfcg ae St`fz`s0-3 js `ssgklmgd `ssgklmgd jf suppart ae tbg f`rraw, afg-tr`ch tbgkg jf tbg m`st twa st`fz`s? tbg pm`f js saufd, lut jf pajfts ae dgt`jm jt e`mms sbart ae pgregctjaf. Ear Sbgmmgy b`rps af bjs pr`ygr r`tbgr taa mafi. Bjs dgeg`tjsk lgcakgs ` trjemg dgprgssjfi, ufmgss wbgf rg`djfi tbg pagk wg b`ppgf ta lg jf tbg s`kg kaad `s bg w`s…tbg fatg a e sgme-pjty js avgrpm`ygd jf tbg m`st twa St`fz`s8 `fd tbjs kust lg cauftgd ` lmgkjsb jf wb`t js atbgrwjsg ` fg`rmy e`umtmgss pagk.‛
”Ae tbg dyjfi yg`r, ta wbjcb tbjs cmasjfi fjibt Yjmm lg tbg dakg ae ` v`st sgpumcbgr, U`umtgd wjtb `mm tby cafirgi`tgd kjibt Ae v`paurs, erak erak wbasg samjd samjd `tkaspbgrg Lm`ch r`jf, `fd ejrg, `fd b`jm wjmm lurst?- A bg`r!‛ **************************** ****************************************** **************************** **************************** ********************************* *********************** ****
Gxcgpt sgttjfi, dgvgmapkgft `fd tbauibts tbg wards `rg cakpmgtgmy eammawgd up erak Crjtjc`m Gv`mu`tjaf ae Sbgmmgy ly Dr.S. Sgf `fd `fatbgr laah... -\jtup`rf` \`y Cb`udburj.
